Night In Tunisia (Interlude);” Dizzy Gillespie Septet; Dizzy Gillespie; Don Byas; Milt Jackson; Al Haig; Bill de Arango; Ray Brown; J. C. Heard; Gillespie; Paparelli; His Master’s Voice (B.9631); 1947

PM, September 25, 1947

Prepare for Jazz Concert: Dizzy Gillespie… Ella Fitzgerald…

“52nd Street Theme”; Dizzy Gillespie Septet; Dizzy Gillespie; Don Byas; Milt Jackson; Al Haig; Bill de Arango; Ray Brown; J. C. Heard; Monk; His Master’s Voice (B.9631); 1947

PM, September 14, 1947 (photo by Morris Gordon)

Meet Miss Lena Horne

“Classics In Blue”; Lena Horne; Phil Moore; Smythe; Heyward; Moore; Gershwin; Handy; Black & White (845A/845B/846B/846A/844A/844B/847A/847B); 1947

PM, September 7, 1947

An American’s Photographs in Paris

…Berenice Abbott…

“Herthquake Boogie”; Milt Herth And His Trio; Leon Carr; Milt Herth; Decca (24450 A); Publication date: September 4, 1947

PM, September 4, 1947

Marlon Brando has been signed…

“Twelfth Street Rag”; Milt Herth And His Trio; Euday L. Bowman; Decca (24450 B); Publication date: September 4, 1947

“Just Rocking”; Big Bill; Broonzy; Columbia (38070); Publication date: September 29, 1947

PM, September 1, 1947

This Will Be Home to the United Nations

“Perdido”; Jazz at the Philharmonic; Norman Granz’ Jazz at the Philharmonic; Juan Tizol; Illinois Jacquet; Flip Phillips; Bill Harris; Howard McGhee; Jo Jones; Ray Brown; Hank Jones; Mercury (11002); Publication date: September 27, 1947

“Sometimes I’m Happy”; Lena Horne; Youmans; Casesar; Luther Henderson; MGM (10246-A); 1947

PM, August 22, 1947 (photos by Morris Gordon)

A Brooklyn Girl, Lena Horne, Comes Home

Yesterday was officially Lena Horne Homecoming Day in Brooklyn, and the crowds turned out to cheer the home town girl who made good as a singer and film star. At Fulton and Nostrand Ave., near where she was born, the throngs – including some enthusiastic autograph seekers – blocked off auto and trolley traffic.

Bill (Bojangles) Robinson was on hand to entertain the crowd…

Miss Horne gets an orchid corsage… A 300-foot scroll of signatures from Brooklynites was presented to the home-coming star.

“Classics In Blue”; Lena Horne; Phil Moore; Smythe; Heyward; Moore; Gershwin; Handy; Black & White (845A/845B/846B/846A/844A/844B/847A/847B); 1947

“Who At My Door Is Standing”; Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Playboys; M. B. C. Slade; A. B. Everett; RCA Victor (20-2491-B); Publication date: August 19, 1947

PM, August 19, 1947

Color Movie Monopoly Is Charged

PM, August 19, 1947

Duke Ellington Stakes

“It Makes No Difference Now”; Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys; Jimmie Davis; Floyd Tillman; RCA Victor (20-2489-A); Publication date: August 19, 1947